Protection Paladin Tank Pre-Raid Gear

This is the gear we recommend for Paladins, before setting foot in Molten Core or Onyxia's Lair. Essentially you should be following the basic stat priority of getting lots of defensive stats such as Stamina, Defense, and armor if you are planning to tank raids. For more information on the stats that you should be looking for, check out the stats page listed below.

This list contains gear from: dungeons and reputation gear.

Helm	Gyth's Skull Golem Skull Helm	Gyth in Upper Blackrock Spire Phalanx in Blackrock Depths
Neck	Medallion of Grand Marshal Morris Verek's Collar	World drop bind on equip Warchief Rend Blackhand in Upper Blackrock Spire
Shoulders	Stockade Pauldrons Bulky Iron Spaulders	World drop bind on equip Guard Mol'dar and Guard Slip'kik in Dire Maul North
Back	Redoubt Cloak	Mizzle the Crafty in Dire Maul North
Chest	Kromcrush's Chestplate Deathbone Chestplate Ornate Adamantium Breastplate	Captain Kromcrush in Dire Maul North Side bosses in Scholomance Reward from the quest In Dreams in Western Plaguelands
Wrists	Fel Hardened Bracers	Lord Hel'nurath in Dire Maul West
Hands	Stonegrip Gauntlets Boneclenched Gauntlets	World drop bind on equip Ras Frostwhisper in Scholomance
Waist	Deathbone Girdle	Side bosses in Scholomance
Legs	Deathbone Legguards Warmaster Legguards	Side bosses in Scholomance Warchief Rend Blackhand in Upper Blackrock Spire
Feet	Deathbone Sabatons	Various bosses in Scholomance
Rings	Naglering Myrmidon's Signet	Golem Lord Argelmach in Blackrock Depths World drop bind on equip
Trinkets	Mark of the Chosen Force of Will Mark of Tyranny	Reward from General Drakkisath's Demise in Upper Blackrock Spire Reward from The Pariah's Instructions in Maraudon General Angerforge in Blackrock Depths
Weapons	Hedgecutter	Guard Mol'dar and Guard Slip'kik in Dire Maul North
Shields	Draconian Deflector	General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire
Libram	Libram of Hope	Isalien in Dire Maul

You can find more Protection Paladin BiS lists in our dedicated gear hub below.